title: Description of Pella maoershanensis sp. n. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) associated with Lasius spathepus from Guangxi, South China.
abstract: Pellamaoershanensis Song & Li, sp. n., collected from a colony of Lasius (Dendrolasius) spathepus in Maoershan Natural Reserve, Guangxi, is diagnosed, described and illustrated. The discovery represents the first record of the genus in South China.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200234, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Bin
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Li-Zhen
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: Aleocharinae; Coleoptera; Pella; South China; Staphylinidae; myrmecophilous